Your legs are quite weak in comparison to everything else.

Think that's bad? Mine is

Squat 365 X1
Deadlift 435 x1
Bench 205 x1
OHP 135 x2

This post was edited by ozzyarmy3 on Jul 30 2017 05:53pm

Three week update:

Close to squatting 185, which will look a bit more impressive. Deadlifting 1 plate now. Bench and row are still nothing.

OHP is starting to be pretty tough though. I think my previous OHP was actually much less than I remember.

Diet also looking pretty nice. Planned out 2,900 cals with an almost exactly 50/30/20 carbs/proteins/fats split. As long as I'm diligent about my meal prep I can follow the diet easily.

So almost one month in, which is about halfway through the intro deload. After that I'll be getting into the actual progression. Still being patient, but can't wait to get into the heavier upper body work.

Wait wut? Typo?

No. The app for whatever reason started my deadlift off lower than my squat. It will keep getting heavier if I just stay patient

A beginning lifter should be doing more than a plate deadlift at the 3 week mark.

A previous lifter like you coming back to lifting at the 3 week mark should not even be near the one plate mark.

Being so hellbent on following this program is ruining your progress.

I'm fine with it. Two months of not lifting at my regular weights won't kill me. I'd rather stick to the program and give it an honest evaluation.

Im not familiar with the program but why would 5x5 have you working at below 70%? I thought it was a liner strength program. I understand you have to start at a reasonable spot or 10 lb increments per week will result in a quick plateau as not everyone can just tack on 40 Lbs per month each month but then you would drop to 5 pounds per week and then to 2.5 pounds per week id assume until you stopped seeing a return on your investment.

Unless you're running a hypertrophy block before a strength block at sets of 4 x 10-12 reps at 60-65% I don't understand but again probably my lack of knowledge of the program. At what % of your max is your starting point out of curiosity?

This post was edited by wesley123 on Aug 14 2017 04:51pm

It drops the weight by a lot at the start so people can get used to the frequency. After that it's just normal lifts.
/e I think it started at like 40%

This post was edited by Mastersam93 on Aug 14 2017 05:19pm

The 5x5 he's doing is starting at a low weight, not a training max or a 1rm percentage..

I tried SS and StrongLifts and failed miserably because I started my weights slightly below my current lifts..

It's a decent program for people who have literally never lifted, but it sucks otherwise